Talk:Chevrolet Camaro/Archive 5

Trimming of the 'references in culture' section?

The 'Appearances in pop culture' section is getting pretty large, and seems to have some fairly dubious entries in there. Let's face it, when a car was produced for 35 years, and was an American icon for many of those years, it's going to be all over the place in 'pop culture' - should it be trimmed to some of the more significant entries? Ayocee 01:17, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

This makes a lot of sense to me. Keep it to strictly very notable appearances if you ask me. Roguegeek (talk) 18:43, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

I don't see any dissent, and after looking closer, some of the entries were even duplicates - something that's probably not hard to have happen when the list is as big and poorly-organized as it was. Ayocee 16:28, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

What about the movie Better Off Dead? I know it's a rather obscure movie, but the Camaro was pretty well known. Pretty much one of the main points of it. I guess you could mention that it appears to have power motors when John Cusack rolls the driver's side window down, you can visibly see the manual crank for the passenger window. It's a black 1967 Camaro, and if you haven't seen the movie, it's a "piece of junk" he bought that sat in his front yard covered, and only at the end was it's identity revealed. It even has its own website, betteroffdeadcamaro.com Zchris87v 14:45, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Someone thinks the camaro "found" its way into Transformers? It was a PAID product placement! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.131.210.226 (talk) 15:56, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Racing

This is an excellent topic I think we should be expanding. Placed {{expand}} within the section. Maybe we can throw in as much detail as possible for all generations and if it gets big enough, generalize it and expand within the separate generation articles. Thoughts? Roguegeek (talk) 02:15, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

different trim packages?

no mention of the Z28 (zed), thats just evil. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Brandonha (talk • contribs) 22:51, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I thought that was strange as well. I don't know a whole lot about Camaros so I came to Wikipedia to learn the difference between the SS and Z28. I was very surprised to find that nothing has been written about it. Perhaps I will take a look at the reference in the unsigned comment, but I think it might be better for someone more knowledgeable about Camaros, and cars in general, to add that info.--Patriotic dissent (talk) 01:10, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

It's more than trim. The trim was somewhat inconsistent and optional, such as the dash package in 1969. The Z/28 was all about the engine and qualifying for 305CI max SCCA Trans-Am racing. Few 1967 Zs were delivered. A few thousand in 1968. !969 was the first 'real' production year. But even the 1967 had the rarest factory option of a cross-ram manifold. The Z/28 was basically a combination of high performance small blocks, with a Corvette cam, and a large bore block with short crank, for high RPM. Here's one site for reference, which really should be included just as a link, if nothing else - http://www.holisticpage.com/camaro/camaros/302.htm .

australia

Talk:Fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro#australia

Link suggestions

Suggested external links thread. (and one suggestion) -- Quiddity (talk) 06:13, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

• Chevrolet Camaro at the Internet Movie Cars Database

Approve - I dig it. Roguegeek (talk) 18:40, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

Suggest external link to

• Camaro Research Group67-69 Camaro Information Kurt S2 (talk) 05:35, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

The Camaro Wiki needs this link:

• Camaro.ca Canada's Camaro Source - Classifieds, forums, and cool rides. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.144.65.104 (talk) 22:20, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

About the origins of the name Camaro

Even though it is said that the Camaro name has no intended meaning of its own however a spannish word camarón has a not so flattering meaning: A shrimp! I fell of the chair laughing after reading the following line: Automotive press asked Chevrolet product managers "What is a Camaro?", and they were told it was "a small, vicious animal that eats Mustangs".

I'm not sure whether this is accidental or purposefully intended, the word camarón seems as a logical parent word of where the name Camaro would have evolved. As for other spanish names in Chevrolet's models the El Camino ("the road") is another, well known example... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.223.93.188 (talk) 14:22, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Maurice Carter - Canadian camaro driver

Back in 1969 A Chevrolet Camaro Trans Am Race car was campaigned by Chevrolet dealer Maurice Carter of Maurice Carter Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. In 1970, after racing in SCCA Trans Am Series for three years, “Mo” took a new Camaro Z-28 off his lot and ‘race’ prepped the car and entered the 1970 Trans Am series. Mo earned the highest placed Canadian independent driver score of all the Trans Am racers —Preceding unsigned comment added by Privateer280370 (talk • contribs) 14:35, 5 September 2008 (UTC)

Pony car?

Why does the article start off with jargon which is not familiar to the non-car enthusiast? Some of these terms should be explained in terms familiar to the average reader without obtaining the car aficionado vocabulary. patsw (talk) 18:43, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Pony car might be jargon (and one might even say archaic language, as it's not heard much anymore), but the term "platform" isn't. There really isn't another succinct way of saying "the base chassis, engine, and transmission components" without introducing more jargon. Platform is the right word here.--RabidDeity (talk) 18:52, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Serial Vandalism

This page has been hit with a long series of vandal attacks. I'm hoping a more experienced editor can help out here. Jusdafax 15:27, 2 October 2009 (UTC)